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US Senator Jeff Sessions to endorse Trump White House bid
By REUTERS \
2/29/2016 12:43:56 AM
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Me, Myself, & Chomsky (and Finkelstein)
By A. DAVID BLAFF \
2/29/2016 1:01:01 AM
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Analysis: Iran election doesn’t change much, but gives regime legitimacy it craves
Dissident tells ‘Post’: The most important criteria for the elections is the participation rate, which allows the regime to justify its legitimacy.
By ARIEL BEN SOLOMON \
2/29/2016 1:21:23 AM
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Congresswoman quits Democratic National Committee to endorse Bernie Sanders
By REUTERS \
2/29/2016 2:31:15 AM
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India, US closer to pact to share military logistics
By REUTERS \
2/29/2016 2:48:11 AM
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Sanders turns to Colorado in flagging fight for Democratic nomination
Success of grassroots campaigning for Jewish senator no longer applies now that fight for presidential nomination is going national.
By MICHAEL WILNER \
2/29/2016 3:46:02 AM
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Ohio pastor fatally shot by brother at church
By REUTERS \
2/29/2016 3:55:17 AM
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Pakistan hangs man who killed governor over call to reform blasphemy law
By REUTERS \
2/29/2016 4:31:36 AM
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Israel: Lebanon violated UNSC resolution calls to disarm Hezbollah more than 2,000 times
The resolution also stated that no armed forces other than the UN Interim Force in Lebanon and the Lebanese army would be posted south of the Litani River.
By DANIELLE ZIRI \
2/29/2016 4:42:18 AM
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UTJ threatens to quit coalition over mikvaot
“We will leave the coalition if court decision allowing the Reform to use mikvaot for their ceremonies is not overturned by Passover,” MK Yisrael Eichler said.
By Gil Stern Stern HOFFMAN \
2/29/2016 5:05:39 AM
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Former Tepco execs indicted over Fukushima nuclear disaster
By REUTERS \
2/29/2016 5:08:31 AM
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Rabbinate seeks to circumvent Supreme Court ruling on mikvaot
Until the ruling, the local religious councils which operate the public mikvaot within their regional jurisdictions would not allow non-Orthodox converts to use them.
By JEREMY SHARON \
2/29/2016 5:11:39 AM
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North Korea says detained US student confessed to crimes against state
By REUTERS \
2/29/2016 5:19:44 AM
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Pet parrots may have caused four miscarriages in building
More tests are needed to be sure whether bacteria in the bird droppings were responsible for the tragedies.
By JUDY SIEGEL-ITZKOVICH \
2/29/2016 5:22:30 AM
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NGO cites serious shortcoming in treatment of detained migrants by Israel
At several detention centers, many migrants did not even know they had access to healthcare.
By YONAH JEREMY BOB \
2/29/2016 6:01:47 AM
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Lions and Silverbacks earn tight triumphs in IFL
By JERUSALEM POST STAFF \
2/29/2016 6:05:35 AM
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Mac TA continues to build momentum with win in Eilat
Cameron Clark led five Nahariya players in double figures with 14 points, while Diamon Simpson had 14 points and 13 rebounds for Ness Ziona.
By ALLON SINAI \
2/29/2016 6:09:05 AM
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Beersheba makes it eight straight wins
Premier League leader survives nervy finish to beat Kfar Saba 2-1 and move five points clear
By ALLON SINAI \
2/29/2016 6:13:36 AM
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Hungary's 'Son of Saul' wins Oscar for best foreign language film
By REUTERS \
2/29/2016 6:14:39 AM
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Holocaust drama ‘Son of Saul’ wins Oscar for best foreign film
The film, which was partly financed by the Claims Conference, claimed the prize at the annual Oscar ceremony Sunday night in Los Angeles.
By JTA \
2/29/2016 6:21:05 AM
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The undefined state
By IRA SHARKANSKY \
2/29/2016 6:38:08 AM
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Rouhani allies win most Tehran seats in clerical body-final results on IRNA
By REUTERS \
2/29/2016 8:28:59 AM
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Iranians vote (twice) but results are unclear
Turnout in the Islamic Republic was about 60%.
By NOGA TARNOPOLSKY/THE MEDIA LINE \
2/29/2016 8:34:46 AM
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Vilmos Siklósi , President of Zalaegerszeg's Jewish community shares his views on Israel
By Yinon Roichman \
2/29/2016 9:54:57 AM
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Report: Assad regime using Israeli drones against Syrian rebels
Activists living in the coastal province of Latakia have alleged that Israeli made drones have been scouring the skies throughout Syria collecting information on rebel positions.
By YASSER OKBI/ MAARIV HASHAVUA \
2/29/2016 10:05:53 AM
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Ten children stabbed outside school gate in southern China
By REUTERS \
2/29/2016 10:20:29 AM
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Report: ISIS leader's German wife escapes the organization's territory in Iraq
The wife, Diane Kruger, has reportedly fled ISIS territory accompanied by two girls who helped her, and her current location is not known.
By MAAYAN GROISMAN \
2/29/2016 10:26:10 AM
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'Palestinian Authority collapse a question of when, not if'
Likud Minister Elkin asserts that Israel will pay price for ensuing anarchy.
By HERB KEINON \
2/29/2016 11:05:50 AM
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Report: Turkey close to resuming normalized relations with Israel
By JPOST.COM STAFF \
2/29/2016 11:11:02 AM
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Women activists to launch freedom flotilla to break the siege on Gaza
By MAAYAN GROISMAN \
2/29/2016 11:54:00 AM
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Chinese court upholds life sentence for former Bo Xilai aide
By REUTERS \
2/29/2016 11:56:11 AM
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Dutch find 10 Syrian war crime suspects among thousand of migrants
Ten of the suspects were from Syria and the rest from Eritrea, Sudan, Nigeria, Georgia and other countries, he added, without going into further details.
By REUTERS \
2/29/2016 12:04:55 PM
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Politics overshadow an overwrought Academy Awards
Forget Super Tuesday, all the politics you could ever want took place on Oscar Sunday.
By NOA AMOUYAL \
2/29/2016 12:20:11 PM
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Netanyahu, new Egyptian ambassador to Israel meet in Knesset
By JPOST.COM STAFF,GREER FAY CASHMAN \
2/29/2016 12:39:27 PM
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Syrian opposition official says truce faces 'nullification'
By REUTERS \
2/29/2016 12:56:33 PM
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Israel 'very concerned' by rising Iranian power in Syria, Ya'alon says
Defense minister says strengthening of Shi'ite axis could lead to renewal of Iranian terror front from Golan; says Iran keeps trying to smuggle weapons to Gaza.
By YAAKOV LAPPIN \
2/29/2016 1:21:33 PM
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Video shows Catholic priest snorting cocaine in room full of Nazi memorabilia
"The house was lovely but we were stunned to see the Nazi stuff. It was all over the house. At one point Stephen put on a cap and did the Nazi salute," one source told The Sun.
By JPOST.COM STAFF \
2/29/2016 1:39:16 PM
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Woman charged with murder after brandishing child's severed head in Moscow
By REUTERS \
2/29/2016 1:47:17 PM
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Suspects in Hebron sniper attacks apprehended, Shin Bet says
By JPOST.COM STAFF \
2/29/2016 2:07:37 PM
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Shin Bet: Hebron brothers arrested for series of sniper attacks
The brothers carried out a number of attacks including the shooting of worshippers at the Tomb of the Patriarchs on November 6th that left two people lightly to moderately wounded.
By BEN HARTMAN \
2/29/2016 2:11:13 PM
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Russia says Syria could become federal state if that model works
By REUTERS \
2/29/2016 2:34:27 PM
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Gaza audiences enjoy first night out at the movies in 20 years
In the audience, Alaa Abu Qassem, a Gaza student who had never been to the movies before, reveled in the new experience.
By REUTERS \
2/29/2016 2:34:36 PM
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Sisi: The Israeli-Palestinian conflict feeds international terror organizations
Speaking at the Japanese Parliament Monday, Sisi claimed that Egypt remains committed to its peace treaty with Israel.
By MAAYAN GROISMAN \
2/29/2016 2:36:39 PM
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Today in History: Yigal Allon’s fight for Israel
Allon, who would become commander-in-chief of the pre-independence military unit Palmach, began his army career during the Arab revolt in British Mandatory Palestine in the late 1930s.
By BENJAMIN GLATT \
2/29/2016 3:31:42 PM
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US leads 24 strikes against ISIS in Iraq, Syria
By REUTERS \
2/29/2016 3:33:05 PM
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Women physically, verbally harassed at Western Wall after prayer service
Women of the Wall offshoot group has publicly rejected the agreement for a pluralist prayer section and says it will continue to pray at the women’s section of the current Western Wall plaza.
By JEREMY SHARON \
2/29/2016 3:58:03 PM
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Suicide bombing northeast of Baghdad kills at least 14 people
By REUTERS \
2/29/2016 4:24:07 PM
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Turkey's Erdogan says ceasefire does not cover whole of Syria
By REUTERS \
2/29/2016 4:40:36 PM
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Internal fight rages on whether Israel is loathed or loved abroad
Lapid, Liberman gang up to attack PM’s foreign policy, Netanyahu cites study saying
country is eighth most powerful in world.
By HERB KEINON \
2/29/2016 4:48:55 PM
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Shimon Peres in Johannesburg
The elder and revered Israeli former statesman was invited to Johannesburg by the Jewish Community for the weekend starting 26 February.
By LIONEL SLIER \
2/29/2016 4:49:29 PM
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Turkish military hits ISIS positions inside Syria
By REUTERS \
2/29/2016 4:54:03 PM
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The Jerusalem Post's top 5 stories of February 29
Women physically and verbally harassed at the Western Wall, Catholic priest caught snorting cocaine in room full of Nazi memorabilia, ISIS leader's German wife flees and more.
By JPOST.COM STAFF \
2/29/2016 5:12:25 PM
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Suicide bomber kills four in Yemen's Aden city- security source, residents
By REUTERS \
2/29/2016 5:20:44 PM
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Nazareth motorist turns himself in following cop hit and run
By BEN HARTMAN \
2/29/2016 5:30:39 PM
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Death toll in suicide attack northeast of Baghdad rises to 24
By REUTERS \
2/29/2016 5:35:36 PM
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The progressive choice for president
Clinton was the first woman to chair the Legal Services Corporation, a nonprofit that provides funding for legal assistance to low-income families and individuals.
By ALAN SOLOMONT,STEVE GROSSMAN \
2/29/2016 5:56:43 PM
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Using mummy, Israeli researchers find pre-modern genetic predisposition to cancer
Tel Aviv University researchers identify defective gene linked to colon cancer in an 18th-century Hungarian mummy.
By JUDY SIEGEL-ITZKOVICH \
2/29/2016 6:07:17 PM
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PA finance minister sends letter of appreciation to Israeli counterpart Kahlon
Bishara's letter to Kahlon, which was spread on Palestinian social media networks, aroused outraged reactions among Palestinian activists.
By MAAYAN GROISMAN \
2/29/2016 6:30:49 PM
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SodaStream CEO slams government 'disregard for human dignity' over Palestinian work permits
Birnbaum says government decision to let dozens of work permits expire sends children to hunger, gives ammunition to BDS.
By NIV ELIS \
2/29/2016 6:35:32 PM
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Palestinian official: Israel and Hamas both hoping for chaos in West Bank
Spokesman for the PA security forces in the West Bank rejects Likud Minister Elkin's claims that it is a matter of time until the PA collapses.
By YASSER OKBI/ MAARIV HASHAVUA \
2/29/2016 8:27:39 PM
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US expects to give Iraq more support for Mosul fight
By REUTERS \
2/29/2016 6:52:29 PM
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IDF to postpone implementation of new beard protocol
Several MKs and national-religious rabbis spoke out forcefully when the Association of Hesder Yeshivot made public the fact that it had received hundreds of complaints from religious soldiers.
By JEREMY SHARON \
2/29/2016 6:55:39 PM
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Israel returns second of 10 Jerusalem terrorist corpses to family
Musab al-Ghazali, 26, shot dead in December after attempting to stab a Border Police officer in IDF Square.
By DANIEL K. EISENBUD \
2/29/2016 7:16:42 PM
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Monitor: Islamic State claims suicide attack that killed 27 in east Iraq
By REUTERS \
2/29/2016 7:24:48 PM
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Zarif: Iran will continue to develop missile program
Iranian FM signals that warming relations with West after nuclear deal will have no impact on Iran developing its missile program.
By ARIEL BEN SOLOMON \
2/29/2016 7:29:36 PM
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Syrian army takes land east of Damascus during fragile truce
By REUTERS \
2/29/2016 7:46:34 PM
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Government hopes to launch nationwide clean air program
The program, according to Gabbay, will focus on lowering air pollution caused by factors such as factories and transportation.
By MICHELLE MALKA GROSSMAN \
2/29/2016 7:47:04 PM
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Joint List's Odeh threatens to resign from Knesset if bill is used to remove Balad MKs
Controversial MK suspension bill heads to first vote.
By LAHAV HARKOV \
2/29/2016 7:50:19 PM
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'ATM-Zombie' malware stealing Israeli bank customers' money
Criminals have used the malware to steal a collective hundreds of thousands of shekels from dozens of people just in the last quarter of 2015.
By NIV ELIS \
2/29/2016 8:10:15 PM
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EU on Hannibal video: Saying we support terror is ‘unacceptable’
By TOVAH LAZAROFF \
2/29/2016 8:23:10 PM
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White House says committed to Syria cease-fire despite reported violations
By REUTERS \
2/29/2016 8:28:08 PM
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Saudi official: US-led coalition discussed possible Syria ground incursion
By REUTERS \
2/29/2016 8:57:43 PM
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Netanyahu blasts Ariel Sharon at memorial marking former PM's death
PM, who quit Sharon's government to protest Gaza withdrawal, said leaving the Strip did not achieve the former premier's goals of bringing about security and peace.
By Gil Stern Stern HOFFMAN \
2/29/2016 9:33:37 PM
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Yesh Atid forms Anglo women's division
The women's branch within the party's Anglo division is another step in the Yesh Atid party's extensive effort to reach out to potential new voters and supporters.
By Gil Stern Stern HOFFMAN \
2/29/2016 9:04:26 PM
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Oman withdraws from hosting youth sailing Worlds due to Israeli participation
Israel's Yoav Omer and Noy Drihan did not have an opportunity to defend their titles at the youth windsurfing World Championships in Langkawi, Malaysia, late last year.
By ALLON SINAI \
2/29/2016 9:08:13 PM
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By pandering to the Palestinians, the West is harming itself
By Richard Mather \
3/1/2016 4:29:05 PM
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US-led coalition discussed possible Syria ground incursion
By REUTERS \
2/29/2016 9:15:18 PM
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One moderately hurt in Rahat supermarket shooting; motives unclear
By JPOST.COM STAFF \
2/29/2016 9:16:30 PM
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Netanyahu meets with new Egyptian ambassador in Jerusalem
Former foreign minister Ahmed Aboul Gheit rumored to be nominated to be Arab League head; Israeli ambassador to Egypt says meets regularly with members of Egyptian government.
By Ariel Ben Solomon,HERB KEINON \
2/29/2016 9:25:51 PM
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Peres defies threats on South Africa visit
Former president addresses Johannesburg Jewish community despite protests by BDS supporters.
By GREER FAY CASHMAN \
2/29/2016 10:01:39 PM
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Shaked compromise plan on Justice Ministry oversight czar recommends 2-year pilot program
The union of state prosecutors has fought resolutely against the oversight czar, Hila Gerstl, claiming that she is weakening their independence.
By YONAH JEREMY BOB \
2/29/2016 10:08:22 PM
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Politics overshadow an overwrought Academy Awards
Forget Super Tuesday, all the politics you could ever want took place on Oscar Sunday
By NOA AMOUYAL \
2/29/2016 10:15:16 PM
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Piyut Festival’s half-dozen
The bigenerational repertoire takes in a wide spread of Jewish liturgical material, from across the ages, as well as number from Eliyahu Jr.’s 2013 album Cholot (Sands).
By BARRY DAVIS \
2/29/2016 10:20:13 PM
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Appeal filed to suspend Holon chief rabbi
Yosef, the son of the late Shas spiritual leader Rabbi Ovadia Yosef, was indicted in the Tel Aviv District Court in December on two counts of breach of trust.
By JEREMY SHARON \
2/29/2016 10:26:12 PM
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Suicide attacks west of Baghdad kill 8
By REUTERS \
2/29/2016 10:33:08 PM
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Our World: Time to draw lines and defend them
The government has clearly awakened to the threat of the BDS movement; but our leaders still don’t seem to recognize that the answer to hatred isn’t inclusion.
By CAROLINE B. GLICK \
2/29/2016 10:33:41 PM
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Israel-Palestine: A new approach is needed
As far as reaching a negotiated peace is concerned, the PA is a busted flush.
By NEVILLE TELLER \
2/29/2016 10:33:47 PM
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Muslim profiling and freedom of religious worship
Yes, Islam is one of the three monotheistic religions, standing alongside of Judaism and Christianity, but does Islam truly represent the faith of Abraham, our common forefather?
By SHLOMO RISKIN \
2/29/2016 10:38:15 PM
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Broaden the reach of UN sanctions
Unfortunately, when designating IS terrorists the UN makes no effort to update the substance of its sanctions in order to address the threat posed by ISIS’s online recruitment.
By JULIE SHAIN \
2/29/2016 10:39:29 PM
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Lessons in leadership: An appreciation of Malcolm X
As the chief spokesman for the organization, he trumpeted the black separatist’s group’s extremist views – that which branded whites as “the devil” and called on blacks to take up arms if necessary.
By ARIEL ZILBER \
2/29/2016 10:46:18 PM
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Iran’s ‘democracy’
Sunday’s elections should not be confused with the true spirit of reform that characterized 2009.
By JPOST EDITORIAL \
2/29/2016 10:47:49 PM
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The German refugee crisis: Amplifying echoes of the past
The recent major influx of refugees and the many resulting challenges and problems have however also amplified echoes of the past.
By MANFRED GERSTENFELD \
2/29/2016 10:51:34 PM
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Borderline Views: JNF Canada’s boycott of Ahinoam Nini
In the same week that the Canadian government passed a motion in Parliament making BDS illegal, on the basis of discrimination, the Canadian branch of JNF put an anti-Israel boycott into practice.
By DAVID NEWMAN \
2/29/2016 10:53:41 PM
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No holds barred: Migrant policy in Europe exposes its hypocrisy
What one must ask is, how would Israel have been treated if it had adopted the policies toward migrants that Europe has? Let’s look at some facts.
By SHMULEY BOTEACH \
2/29/2016 11:01:10 PM
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March 1: End of his rope
By LETTERS TO THE EDITOR \
2/29/2016 11:08:43 PM
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Rebuttal to Attack on Reform Judaism by Eliezer Siminovsky
By Dror Ben Ami \
3/3/2016 5:01:11 PM
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IDF exchanges fire with Palestinians at Kalandiya crossing
By JPOST.COM STAFF \
2/29/2016 11:55:07 PM